Monday, May 17, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Last Night's Wedding
Forces join, wondering how
they could ever
be separate.
Families join, once not knowing
each other,
and now,
not knowing how
they could have not.
The passed elder says,
three things are important—
health, happiness, and
long life.
All guaranteed to be
curtailed, someday,
but for now,
for yesterday, and today,
we have all three,
many times over.
For today, over and
over and over again.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
I'd really get angry if that happened to me.
(L to R: Gary Libman (brother-in-law), Rev. Kyle, Gail Libman (my sister))
I heard that a lot today. Not major events, but minor things. We buy a car and we are happy when it works and swear bloody murder when it breaks. So, basically, we break when the car does. How often did I want to say, it is just an opportunity to practice? But that feels quite dispassionate, doesn't it?
I was wiped out today by the National Civil Rights Museum where MLK was shot. To make the experience really amazing we ran into Rev. Kyles who was with MLK when it happened and was able to be a witness and speak of the event. Man's inhumanity to other men is more than I can take. One of the holocausts that takes place on our soil.
I asked Rev. Kyles if we've made things better. "Yes," he said. "There is no question about it. And we have much farther to go." An opportunity for me to "practice!"
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Reflections on Talks on Buddha's Lists
During a recent Appamada Intensive our students gave talks on Buddha's lists. Here are my reflections on their talks.
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Rhinoceros Fan (an infamous koan) One day Yanguan called to his attendant, "Bring me the rhinoceros fan." The attendant said, ...
